1,220 Quotes About Greed
- Author Matsuo Bashō
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Here is a greedy man who keeps to himselfThe beautiful pears ripe in his garden.
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- Author Donald L. Hicks
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The easiest way to combat greed is by recognizing the value of contentment and simplicity.
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- Author Liezi
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The contented person finds rest in death, and for the greedy person, death puts an end to his long list of desires.
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- Author Idries Shah
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Poor greedy one, wherever he runs He's after food, and death is after him.(Saadi)
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- Author Criss Jami
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Mankind, in all his lusts, punishes himself. The gods have to do very little.
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- Author Craig D. Lounsbrough
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I too often allow people to become a sterile commodity to be bartered in the service of my greed, and in doing something so absurdly reckless I foolishly barter away everything that meets my need.
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- Author Margaret Atwood
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Extreme emotions could be lethal. If I can't have you nobody will, and so forth. Death could set in.
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- Author Aditya Ajmera
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Whenever success and fame override our senses with greed, arrogance and delusion; it is a time to pause and reflect.
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- Author Sherilynn Kenyon
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When all the trees have been cut down and all the animals have been hunted to extinction, when all the waters are polluted and the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
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